NotebookGet

NotebookGet[obj]

gets the raw expression corresponding to the notebook represented by the notebook object obj.

NotebookGet[]

gets the raw expression corresponding to the currently selected notebook.

Details and Options

  • NotebookGet allows you to take a notebook that is open in the front end, and get the raw expression corresponding to it in the kernel.
  • NotebookGet returns an expression with head Notebook, containing Cell expressions and boxes data.
  • NotebookGet[NotebookOpen[file]] returns the same expression as Get[file].

Examples

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Basic Examples  (1)

First create a small sample notebook to operate on:

Get the notebook expression of the small sample notebook:

Applications  (1)

Find subsection titles:

Change Subsection-style cells to Section style:

Properties & Relations  (1)

NotebookRead reads only the selected part of a notebook:

NotebookGet always gets the whole notebook:

Wolfram Research (1996), NotebookGet, Wolfram Language function, https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/NotebookGet.html.

Text

Wolfram Research (1996), NotebookGet, Wolfram Language function, https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/NotebookGet.html.

CMS

Wolfram Language. 1996. "NotebookGet." Wolfram Language & System Documentation Center. Wolfram Research. https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/NotebookGet.html.

APA

Wolfram Language. (1996). NotebookGet. Wolfram Language & System Documentation Center. Retrieved from https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/NotebookGet.html

BibTeX

@misc{reference.wolfram_2023_notebookget, author="Wolfram Research", title="{NotebookGet}", year="1996", howpublished="\url{https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/NotebookGet.html}", note=[Accessed: 19-March-2024 ]}

BibLaTeX

@online{reference.wolfram_2023_notebookget, organization={Wolfram Research}, title={NotebookGet}, year={1996}, url={https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/NotebookGet.html}, note=[Accessed: 19-March-2024 ]}